A Couple of Oldies Followed Me Home

[Machodoc]

A local guy got these from his late father and having no real interest in them accepted my offer for them as "parts guns" (which they basically are). I'm not sure that I'll be able to locate or be willing to pay the price for the parts necessary to make these complete, but they are interesting for what they are at the present time.

I'm still researching these, but any additional info would be appreciated. These are the first of either type that I've owned.

One is an 1871 model Swiss Vetterli. It unfortunately has had the forestock chopped, but that appears to have been fairly common for this model rifle. Anyone have some extra furniture? It looks like I could buy a complete rifle in VG condition for what it would cost to put this one back together.

The second one is an Egyptian Police shotgun with a Snider action on it (top, in the first photo). The firing pin, spring, and converted nipple that serves as a guide are missing from this one. So are the cleaning rod tray and cleaning rod, but that also appears to have been pretty common for the Egyptian police conversions. The tray and rod just got in the way when carrying this gun and made it uncomfortable to shoulder.

Anyone able to translate Arabic?

 

[Docster]

OK, I'm calling you out on this one. They DID NOT follow you home. I bet you BROUGHT them home yourself! Liar, liar, pants on fire.

Man up, accept responsibility for your actions, and admit that you need help.

Then carry on......

The Arabic translation (roughly) is 'Allah sucks the big one'.

 

[Machodoc]

OK, I'm calling you out on this one. They DID NOT follow you home. I bet you BROUGHT them home yourself! Liar, liar, pants on fire.

Man up, accept responsibility for your actions, and admit that you need help.

Well ... I put them into the trunk for the ride home, so in that respect, they followed me. It's a sickness, and I can't get past Step One in the program yet. I guess I haven't hit rock bottom.

 

[Zibner]

From those pictures I'd say you've found rock bottom just don't know it yet.

 

[Machodoc]

From those pictures I'd say you've found rock bottom just don't know it yet.

Probably ... but I doubt that there are many people here who wouldn't have taken the pair of them home for less than the price of a plain-jane Mosin.

 

[Jimbob2.0]

Wow.........get props for oddness.

 

[Fallschirmjaager]

It's been far too long since I spoke any Arabic and when I did it was Iraqi (which is kind of like the ebonics of Arabic) so I can't tell you what it means but if you ask a native Arabic speaker what "Ahzbey kghedagh" means that'll get you the first part (two words on the right side). My Pashto and Dari are coming along nicely and they use mostly the same alphabet. The word on the left I can't see well enough to transliterate.

The numbers are read left to right just like in English and are "2197" on the left and "979" on the right. It's currently the year 1392 by the Islamic calendar so I doubt either is a date stamp but they could very well mean something to someone more familiar with the rifle.

Neat acquisitions! Congrats!

 

[yellowsled]

cool wallhangers

 

[Machodoc]

cool wallhangers

Yep. That's what I thought. Both of them appear capable of being put back into shooting condition, using conservative loads, but getting them into original condition might be a challenge. I just liked the actions on them both.

 

[Mooseman]

Machodoc, you find all the coolest toys. I might have to sneak around and follow behind you just to get the crumbs that you miss, if there are any.

 

[Machodoc]

Machodoc, you find all the coolest toys. I might have to sneak around and follow behind you just to get the crumbs that you miss, if there are any.

Thanks, Mooseman.

I've said almost exactly the same thing to Mawkie, Sled, and others in the past. It's nice to hear someone saying that about me for a change.

Just keep looking. You find stuff sometimes, and sometimes you don't.